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Population of Connecticut Towns 1756-1820
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Compiled from the official returns. The census of 1790 was somewhat imperfect. Of New London county it stated: "The return from this county is so blended that the number in each town cannot be ascertained. The aggregate is 33,000." For the Litchfield County towns not returned, Hartford being at that time included, the aggregate population is estimated at 20,342. Greenwich and Stamford were included with Norwalk. The census of 1774 embraces as a part of Litchfield County "Westmoreland, 1,922," presumably the Pennsylvania tract at that time claimed by Connecticut. "Fair Haven, 1,317," is included in the figures for 1850. The creation of new towns explains many apparent losses in population of the older ones.
Population of Towns 1830-1890 | Population of Towns 1900-1960 |
Population of Towns 1970-1990
|
Town |
1756 |
1774 |
1782 |
1790 |
1800 |
1810 |
1820 |
| Andover |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Ansonia |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Ashford |
1,245 |
2,241 |
2,286 |
2,583 |
2,445 |
2,532 |
2,778 |
| Avon |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Barkhamsted |
18 |
250 |
503 |
...... |
1,437 |
1,506 |
1,592 |
| Beacon Falls |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Berlin |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,465 |
2,702 |
2,798 |
2,877 |
| Bethany |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Bethel |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Bethlehem |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,056 |
1,138 |
1,118 |
932 |
| Bloomfield |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Bolton |
766 |
1,001 |
1,081 |
1,293 |
1,452 |
700 |
731 |
| Bozrah |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
934 |
960 |
1,083 |
| Branford |
1,800 |
2,051 |
2,167 |
2,267 |
2,156 |
1,932 |
2,230 |
| Bridgeport |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Bridgewater |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Bristol |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,462 |
2,722 |
1,428 |
1,362 |
| Brookfield |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,018 |
1,010 |
1,037 |
1,159 |
| Brooklyn |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,324 |
1,202 |
1,200 |
1,264 |
| Burlington |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,467 |
1,360 |
| Canaan |
1,100 |
1,635 |
2,061 |
...... |
2,137 |
2,203 |
2,332 |
| Canterbury |
1,260 |
2,444 |
2,514 |
1,881 |
1,812 |
1,812 |
1,984 |
| Canton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,374 |
1,322 |
| Chaplin |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Cheshire |
...... |
...... |
2,015 |
2,337 |
2,288 |
2,288 |
2,281 |
| Chester |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Clinton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Colchester |
2,312 |
3,258 |
3,365 |
...... |
3,163 |
2,697 |
2,152 |
| Colebrook |
...... |
150 |
273 |
...... |
1,119 |
1,243 |
1,274 |
| Columbia |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
834 |
941 |
| Cornwall |
500 |
974 |
1,158 |
1,470 |
1,614 |
1,602 |
1,662 |
| Coventry |
1,635 |
2,056 |
2,025 |
2,130 |
2,021 |
1,938 |
2,058 |
| Cromwell |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Danbury |
1,527 |
2,526 |
2,747 |
3,031 |
3,180 |
3,606 |
3,873 |
| Darien |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,126 |
| Deep River |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Derby |
1,000 |
1,889 |
2,218 |
2,994 |
1,878 |
2,051 |
2,088 |
| Durham |
799 |
1,076 |
1,061 |
1,079 |
1,029 |
1,101 |
1,210 |
| Eastford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| East Granby |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| East Haddam |
1,978 |
2,808 |
2,725 |
2,749 |
2,805 |
2,537 |
2,572 |
| East Hampton¹ |
...... |
2,397 |
2,873 |
3,230 |
3,295 |
3,258 |
3,159 |
| East Hartford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
3,016 |
3,057 |
3,240 |
3,373 |
| East Haven |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,025 |
1,004 |
1,209 |
1,237 |
| East Lyme |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Easton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| East Windsor |
...... |
2,999 |
3,237 |
2,600 |
2,766 |
3,081 |
3,400 |
| Ellington |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,056 |
1,209 |
1,344 |
1,196 |
| Enfield |
1,050 |
1,360 |
1,562 |
1,800 |
1,761 |
1,846 |
2,065 |
| Essex |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Fairfield |
4,455 |
4,863 |
5,276 |
4,009 |
3,735 |
4,125 |
4,151 |
| Farmington |
3,707 |
6,069 |
5,542 |
2,696 |
2,809 |
2,748 |
3,042 |
| Franklin |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,210 |
1,161 |
1,161 |
| Glastonbury |
1,115 |
2,071 |
2,346 |
2,732 |
2,718 |
2,766 |
3,114 |
| Goshen |
610 |
1,111 |
1,450 |
...... |
1,493 |
1,641 |
1,586 |
| Granby |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,595 |
2,735 |
2,696 |
3,012 |
| Greenwich |
2,021 |
2,776 |
2,623 |
...... |
3,047 |
3,533 |
3,790 |
| Griswold |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,869 |
| Groton |
2,869 |
3,848 |
3,823 |
...... |
4,302 |
4,451 |
4,664 |
| Guilford |
2,322 |
2,930 |
2,947 |
3,460 |
3,597 |
3,845 |
4,131 |
| Haddam |
1,241 |
1,726 |
1,950 |
2,195 |
2,307 |
2,205 |
2,478 |
| Hamden |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,422 |
1,482 |
1,716 |
1,687 |
| Hampton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,379 |
1,274 |
1,313 |
| Hartford |
3,027 |
5,031 |
5,495 |
4,090 |
5,347 |
6,003 |
6,901 |
| Hartland |
12 |
500 |
961 |
...... |
1,318 |
1,284 |
1,254 |
| Harwinton |
250 |
1,018 |
1,215 |
1,367 |
1,481 |
1,718 |
1,500 |
| Hebron |
1,855 |
2,337 |
2,205 |
2,234 |
2,256 |
2,002 |
2,094 |
| Kent |
1,000 |
1,996 |
1,883 |
1,318 |
1,607 |
1,794 |
1,956 |
| Killingly |
2,100 |
3,486 |
3,378 |
2,166 |
2,279 |
2,512 |
2,803 |
| Killingworth |
1,458 |
1,990 |
1,853 |
2,156 |
2,047 |
2,244 |
2,342 |
| Lebanon |
3,274 |
3,960 |
3,931 |
4,166 |
3,652 |
2,580 |
2,719 |
| Ledyard |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Lisbon |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,158 |
1,128 |
1,159 |
| Litchfield |
1,366 |
2,554 |
3,077 |
...... |
4,285 |
4,639 |
4,610 |
| Lyme |
2,956 |
4,088 |
3,792 |
...... |
4,380 |
4,321 |
4,069 |
| Madison |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Manchester |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Mansfield |
1,614 |
2,466 |
2,565 |
2,635 |
2,560 |
2,570 |
2,993 |
| Marlborough |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
720 |
839 |
| Meriden |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,249 |
1,309 |
| Middlebury |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
847 |
838 |
| Middlefield |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Middletown |
5,664 |
4,878 |
4,612 |
5,375 |
5,001 |
5,382 |
6,479 |
| Milford |
1,633 |
2,127 |
2,195 |
2,098 |
2,417 |
2,674 |
2,785 |
| Monroe |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Montville |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,233 |
2,187 |
1,951 |
| Morris |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Naugatuck |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| New Britain |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| New Canaan |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,599 |
1,689 |
| New Fairfield |
713 |
1,308 |
1,441 |
1,573 |
1,665 |
772 |
788 |
| New Hartford |
260 |
1,001 |
1,296 |
...... |
1,753 |
1,507 |
1,685 |
| New Haven |
5,085 |
8,295 |
7,966 |
4,484 |
5,157 |
6,967 |
8,327 |
| Newington |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| New London |
3,171 |
5,888 |
5,688 |
...... |
5,150 |
3,238 |
3,330 |
| New Milford |
1,137 |
2,776 |
3,015 |
3,167 |
3,221 |
3,537 |
3,830 |
| Newtown |
1,253 |
2,229 |
2,404 |
2,764 |
2,903 |
2,834 |
2,879 |
| Norfolk |
84 |
969 |
1,246 |
...... |
1,649 |
1,441 |
1,422 |
| North Branford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| North Canaan |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| North Haven |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,236 |
1,157 |
1,239 |
1,298 |
| North Stonington |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,524 |
2,624 |
| Norwalk |
3,050 |
4,388 |
4,051 |
11,942 |
5,146 |
2,983 |
3,004 |
| Norwich |
5,540 |
7,327 |
7,325 |
...... |
3,476 |
3,528 |
3,634 |
| Old Lyme |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Old Saybrook |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Orange |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Oxford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,410 |
1,453 |
1,683 |
| Plainfield |
1,800 |
1,562 |
1,573 |
1,713 |
1,619 |
1,738 |
2,097 |
| Plainville |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Plymouth |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,791 |
1,882 |
1,758 |
| Pomfret |
1,727 |
2,306 |
2,566 |
1,769 |
1,799 |
1,905 |
2,042 |
| Portland |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Preston |
2,018 |
2,338 |
2,287 |
...... |
3,440 |
3,284 |
1,899 |
| Prospect |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Putnam |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Redding |
...... |
1,234 |
1,310 |
1,503 |
1,632 |
1,717 |
1,678 |
| Ridgefield |
1,115 |
1,708 |
1,697 |
1,947 |
2,025 |
2,103 |
2,310 |
| Rocky Hill |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Roxbury |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,121 |
1,217 |
1,124 |
| Salem |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,053 |
| Salisbury |
1,100 |
1,980 |
2,225 |
...... |
2,266 |
2,321 |
2,695 |
| Saybrook |
1,931 |
2,687 |
2,738 |
3,233 |
3,363 |
3,996 |
4,165 |
| Scotland |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Seymour |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Sharon |
1,205 |
2,012 |
2,230 |
...... |
2,340 |
2,606 |
2,573 |
| Shelton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,742 |
2,792 |
2,770 |
2,805 |
| Sherman |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
949 |
957 |
| Simsbury |
2,245 |
3,700 |
4,664 |
2,576 |
2,956 |
1,966 |
1,954 |
| Somers |
900 |
1,027 |
1,058 |
1,127 |
1,353 |
1,210 |
1,306 |
| Southbury |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,738 |
1,757 |
1,413 |
1,662 |
| Southington |
...... |
...... |
1,886 |
2,110 |
1,804 |
1,807 |
1,875 |
| South Windsor |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,213 |
...... |
...... |
| Sprague |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Stafford |
1,000 |
1,334 |
1,534 |
1,885 |
2,345 |
2,235 |
2,369 |
| Stamford |
2,768 |
3,563 |
3,834 |
...... |
4,352 |
4,440 |
3,284 |
| Sterling |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
908 |
1,101 |
1,200 |
| Stonington |
3,518 |
5,412 |
5,245 |
...... |
5,437 |
3,043 |
3,056 |
| Stratford |
3,658 |
5,555 |
5,473 |
3,241 |
2,650 |
2,895 |
3,438 |
| Suffield |
1,438 |
2,017 |
2,310 |
2,467 |
2,686 |
2,680 |
2,681 |
| Thomaston |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Thompson |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,267 |
2,341 |
2,467 |
2,928 |
| Tolland |
917 |
1,262 |
1,361 |
1,538 |
1,638 |
1,610 |
1,607 |
| Torrington |
250 |
845 |
1,077 |
...... |
1,417 |
1,586 |
1,449 |
| Trumbull |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,291 |
1,241 |
1,232 |
| Union |
500 |
514 |
552 |
631 |
767 |
752 |
757 |
| Vernon |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
827 |
966 |
| Voluntown |
1,048 |
1,511 |
1,630 |
1,872 |
1,119 |
1,016 |
1,116 |
| Wallingford |
3,713 |
4,915 |
3,268 |
3,375 |
3,214 |
2,325 |
2,237 |
| Warren |
...... |
...... |
...... |
790 |
1,083 |
1,096 |
875 |
| Washington |
...... |
...... |
1,503 |
1,675 |
1,568 |
1,575 |
1,487 |
| Waterbury |
1,829 |
3,536 |
2,240 |
2,937 |
3,256 |
2,874 |
2,282 |
| Waterford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,185 |
2,239 |
| Watertown |
...... |
...... |
2,732 |
3,170 |
1,622 |
1,714 |
1,439 |
| Westbrook |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| West Hartford |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| West Haven |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Weston |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,469 |
2,680 |
2,618 |
2,767 |
| Westport |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Wethersfield |
2,483 |
3,489 |
3,733 |
3,806 |
3,992 |
3,961 |
3,825 |
| Willington |
650 |
1,001 |
1,055 |
1,212 |
1,278 |
1,161 |
1,246 |
| Wilton |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
1,728 |
1,818 |
| Winchester |
24 |
339 |
688 |
...... |
1,371 |
1,466 |
1,601 |
| Windham |
2,446 |
3,528 |
3,571 |
2,765 |
2,644 |
2,416 |
2,489 |
| Windsor |
4,220 |
2,125 |
2,382 |
2,714 |
2,773 |
2,868 |
3,008 |
| Windsor Locks |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
| Wolcott |
...... |
...... |
...... |
...... |
948 |
952 |
943 |
| Woodbridge |
...... |
...... |
...... |
2,124 |
2,198 |
2,030 |
1,998 |
| Woodbury |
2,911 |
5,313 |
5,063 |
2,662 |
1,944 |
1,963 |
1,885 |
| Woodstock |
1,366 |
2,054 |
2,052 |
2,445 |
2,463 |
2,654 |
3,017 |
| Totals |
130,612 |
197,910 |
208,850 |
237,946 |
251,062 |
261,942 |
275,248 |
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